Comments on: Johnny Manziel at Pro Day: “I can make any throw”http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/27/johnny-manziel-at-pro-day-i-can-make-any-throw/
ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comFri, 18 Aug 2017 03:59:01 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: nomoreseasontixhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/27/johnny-manziel-at-pro-day-i-can-make-any-throw/#comment-3264435
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 00:10:39 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3264435The kid is growing on me. I like quarterbacks than can, you know, throw.
They’re getting to be scarce. Everyone’s in love with quarterbacks who can run. Throwing is optional.
]]>By: leevi98http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/27/johnny-manziel-at-pro-day-i-can-make-any-throw/#comment-3264071
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 22:27:24 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3264071Is it me or have the Seahawks fans become a bit obnoxious and talking a lot of junk since winning ONE Superbowl? Yes the Seahawks won one but where is all this dynasty talk from? Enjoy it while it lasts!
]]>By: leevi98http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/27/johnny-manziel-at-pro-day-i-can-make-any-throw/#comment-3264061
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 22:24:00 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3264061Dude is too small for the NFL in terms of his style of play. He is gonna get hurt.
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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 22:00:52 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263977I just go against what the majority of rubes here think. It’s as close to a guarantee as I have found.
]]>By: trollaikman8http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/27/johnny-manziel-at-pro-day-i-can-make-any-throw/#comment-3263963
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:58:26 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263963Well it looks like ESPN-Disney/NFL Network have found their Tebow 2.0.
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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:41:01 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263888JAGUAR JOHNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:23:18 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263789Pat White is sending his “Hello from Edmonton, It’s a beautiful place to play football once you get destroyed in the NFL” Postcard to Johnny today.
]]>By: sopadegatohttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/27/johnny-manziel-at-pro-day-i-can-make-any-throw/#comment-3263717
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:01:53 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263717I love how people keep using QB “busts” that have other problems (personal issues, drugs, a terrible team and no support, literally no weapons whatsoever) to compare Manziel against.

As far as Tebow, Tebow was never regarded in the same fashion as Manziel, and even his biggest supporter admits that he only worked in a system that catered to his strengths – not to a typical NFL offensive scheme. He also didn’t have Manziel’s drive to improve, as can be seen by comparing Tebow’s Combine performance – in which he showed a lot of improvement and adhering toward more “typical” style – and promptly backslid immediately afterward. Manziel can throw in the pocket as well as anyone, and his accuracy is just behind Bridgewater, even with the injury to his thumb this year.

A lot of Manziel’s insanity also has to do with the fact his team was regularly down by twenty or thirty at the least, and if he didn’t score every time A&M had the ball, they were going to job pretty hard. With the NFL this wouldn’t be so much of an issue, particularly in a team like Houston.

I’d also like to point out that the same pundits blasting Manziel also hailed Blaine Gabbert, Jake Locker, and Alex Smith as sure-fire stars. Yeah.

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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:49:34 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263661discodoubledodo, I adding to a earlier comment from drsummeroff, what do you give a rats butt what I post. Did I step on a seachick claw?
]]>By: bigmarv77http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/27/johnny-manziel-at-pro-day-i-can-make-any-throw/#comment-3263598
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:29:06 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263598He threw no digs or deep comebacks…..both of these throws outside the numbers 25yards downfield is the test of arm strength….he did look good on the other throws…..wish he would have gone thru the entire route tree,
]]>By: deflateddomehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/27/johnny-manziel-at-pro-day-i-can-make-any-throw/#comment-3263592
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:26:25 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263592He can make every throw?..OK Can he survive every hit at 207?
]]>By: chillyballhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/27/johnny-manziel-at-pro-day-i-can-make-any-throw/#comment-3263591
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:26:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263591We would have won State for sure if Coach had put me in.
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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:06:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263546Still a bust.
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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:42:49 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263472He is “Jonny Football” and you better believe he can make every throw in full uniform too.
]]>By: broncfanorhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/27/johnny-manziel-at-pro-day-i-can-make-any-throw/#comment-3263451
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:36:30 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263451Tebow, Tebow, Tebow, ooops I mean Johnny, Johnny, Johnny.
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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:32:26 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263443Hey, brgndyngold I did watch his entire display today and I was fair in my assessment. I gave him credit when warranted.

Both Mayock and Kurt Warner agrees with me that he avoided 20 yard throws. Not sure what you were watching. That point was emphasized by both analysts.

Overall, his day was not bad, but the arm strength raved about, is debatable and I repeat, he is not NFL starter material. Johnny Wildcat is a sideshow, who will get a GM fired.

Floating uncontested deep balls against air, does not a QB make. You saw the game tape. His biggest plays were body twisting jump balls that were caught by one of the biggest and fastest WRs in the draft. Ask yourself this, who made who look good?(Evans or Wildcat Manziel)

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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:30:47 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263437bullcharger says: Mar 27, 2014 2:34 PM
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Sanchez went to back to back AFC championship games. That’s not such a bad career. Tebow couldn’t throw at all. Never had any accuracy at all.

Manziel is an actual good player. He throws well on the run and has great accuracy. Those are two important points for an NFL QB that none of the flops really ever had. He also runs well, but I think he’ll be dead if he does that in the NFL. He needs to work in and around the pocket and run for first downs and slide or go to the sideline like Wilson. Then his speed will be an advantage. I think he has a great chance.
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Where exactly do you get that Manziel has “great accuracy?” Scouts have generally rated his accuracy as “mediocre.”

Tebow’s accuracy in college was pretty much exactly as good as Manziel’s. I believe Tebow has the second highest career passer rating in the history of the NCAA, and the highest of all time in the SEC. And then he got to the NFL, and everyone could see that he didn’t have what it takes to make it outside of college.

Manziel is Tebow 2.0. Inaccurate passer, can’t read defenses or go through progressions, his instinct to run kicks in even before he is under real pressure,….. and with the added bonuses that he doesn’t have Tebow’s size to take the pounding that comes with his style of play, and throws Farve-level, inexplicable interceptions..

The fact that the Vikings apparently love Manziel should tell you everything you need to know.

I use to live in Seattle and some what rooted for them last year, but after winning “1″ SB they talk like they’ve won 5 or 6. As much as I do not like the niners, I think their a better team. I even think AZ could give them trouble next year.
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Don’t care what the pundits say….he’ll be a good one.
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Well I’m convinced.

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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:12:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263389Minimum 3 Super Bowl rings before this man retires
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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:03:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263357I love how we’re this close to the draft and nobody knows if he will go 1st overall or drop back into the 3rd round.

Like him or not, the last QB that had this kind number of questions around him going into the draft was Tebow. Im not saying they are similar, in fact one could argue they are opposites in both personality and playstyle but you have to love the drama and hype involved. The NFL is one of the biggest crap chutes there is. Nobody truly knows whats going to happen.

They don’t call him Johnny ‘Football” for nothing. He will be just fine in the NFL provided he can stay healthy. That really is the only concern I would have.

]]>By: brgndyngoldhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/27/johnny-manziel-at-pro-day-i-can-make-any-throw/#comment-3263342
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:00:33 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263342The GM who risks a 1st round pick for Johnny Wildcat must have a death wish. Not a safe pick at any round, but one you can’t pass up in the 3rd or 4th.
-Johnny Football just improved his stock. The GM who doesn’t pick Manziel will most def regret it.

When asked about his bad game against LSU, Johnny said “I don’t have any excuses” and the next thing out of his mouth was, you guessed it, an excuse about the weather. But then he repeated, I don’t make excuses, all while making an excuse.

I watched Johnny throw and he hit his receivers in stride on his short passes on sprint outs. He threw deep, letting his receivers run under the ball, which is easy, when your guy just has to catch a “fly ball” with no defender. I can’t understand why Warner and Mayock were so impressed with an uncontested deep ball, but they were.
-The reason Warner and Mayock were so impressed (if you were watching) is bcs unlike the other QB pro days they’ve witnessed this spring, Johnny was the only one in full armor to include rib guards (which he never wears but realizes he’ll more than likely need in the NFL) to show realistic throwing capabilities and performed far better than Bridgewater and Bortles.

They were also impressed with arm strength. The pass Johnny avoided, is the intermediate 20 yard throws, that require arm strength and accuracy. What Johhny lacks in skill, he more than makes up for in his confidence.
-Not sure you really watched his pro day at all. He threw plenty of “intermediate 20 yrd throws,” to include side line throws and across the middle. He’s confident because he IS skilled. The ONLY thing he lacks is size, but that’s never been a problem for Drew Brees or Russel Wilson.

He’d be a great salesman, something he may be better at than an NFL QB.
-You shouldn’t write anymore post. You make no sense. He’s an unproven QB in the NFL, but lets give the kid credit, he’s the best Quarterback in this draft.

]]>By: mightyminerhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/27/johnny-manziel-at-pro-day-i-can-make-any-throw/#comment-3263331
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:58:57 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263331It’s easy to look good, scoring 6TDs when you’re playing…UTEP.
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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:50:18 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263309Whatever team drafts this bum will make the biggest mistake in the draft! Hope the Browns draft him though so their pathetic franchise remains irrelevant for another 5 years. He’ll be hurt before the halfway point
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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:49:16 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263305I use to live in Seattle and some what rooted for them last year, but after winning “1” SB they talk like they’ve won 5 or 6. As much as I do not like the niners, I think their a better team. I even think AZ could give them trouble next year.
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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:48:09 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263299j0esixpack says:
Mar 27, 2014 1:38 PM

I’m sure he CAN make every throw.

Now he just needs to go up against an NFL team with a DL that averages 5 foot 9
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That is a great point… I mean going against the midgets they call D Lineman in the SEC each week has no where near prepared him to deal with NFL sized lineman…. 🙄

There are definitely arguments as to why Manziel might fail…. mechanics, attitude, reading defenses, but tall lineman in the NFL shouldn’t be one of them.

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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:46:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263290Amusing to see people compare Tebow to Manziel. They couldn’t be more different. One was a pure leadership/high character/disciplined player with extremely limited QB skills and the other has natural QB talent out the wazoo but is vacuous when it comes to leadership, character and discipline.
]]>By: thefox61http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/27/johnny-manziel-at-pro-day-i-can-make-any-throw/#comment-3263280
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:43:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263280But can he read an NFL defense?
]]>By: trollaikman8http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/27/johnny-manziel-at-pro-day-i-can-make-any-throw/#comment-3263275
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:41:21 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251882#comment-3263275“….clear over them hills”